Rodrygo will miss the World Cup: the Real Madrid and Brazil striker suffers a serious knee injury

Real Madrid’s Brazilian striker Rodrigo described this matter as “one of the worst days of my life” after being ruled out for the rest of the season and the 2026 World Cup due to a serious knee injury.

The 25-year-old club said, external He was “diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a torn lateral meniscus in his right leg.”

An ACL injury often results in soccer players missing most of the season – sometimes all – and recovery can sometimes take longer.

Rodrigo appeared as a substitute in the second half with Real Madrid during the defeat against Getafe on Monday, and completed the match after coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute.

This was his first appearance since coming on as a late substitute for the Spanish club at the beginning of February.

“One of the worst days of my life, how I always feared this injury,” Rodrigo wrote in a post on social media., external

“Maybe life’s been a little rough on me lately. I don’t know if I deserve it, but what can I complain about? How many wonderful things I’ve been through that I didn’t deserve either.”

Rodrigo made five appearances for Brazil at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

He added: “A major obstacle has appeared in my life, in my career, and it prevents me from doing what I love most for a certain period of time.

“I’m out of the rest of the season with my team and out of the World Cup with my country, which is a dream. Everyone knows how important that is to me. All I can do is be strong as always, this is nothing new.”

“Although it is a very difficult time, I promise not to stop here, I believe I still have a lot of wonderful things to experience and bring happiness to everyone who trusts me.”